Insights

Practical guides. Ideas worth exploring.

Useful records for the next decision, and a different perspective on what to build. Explore implementation, validation, market entry and the routes that connect useful things to customers. Worked examples are hypothetical unless linked to a case study.

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A useful detour, from the garage to the countryside tableAn original travel illustration: a tyre and garage, a little red touring car on a winding road, a red guide book and a countryside restaurant with star rosettes.

Featured idea / 7 October 2026

The Michelin
star strategy.

A tyre company built a restaurant guide. What can a useful detour teach us about creating demand, earning trust and finding a route to customers?

Make the journey

01Implementation guide

What to scope after choosing an insurance software platform

Once an insurance platform has been chosen, the next task is to define the work that turns it into a usable operation. Start with the journey or workflow you need to support, then identify what the platform supplies and what must be configured, connected or built around it.

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02Validation guide

How to plan a useful venture validation test

A useful validation test begins with a decision. Specify what you are considering, what remains uncertain and what evidence would change the next commitment. Then choose the smallest scoped experiment capable of answering that question with the customers who matter.

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03Market-entry guide

How to structure a US market-entry test

A useful market-entry test gives a broad expansion ambition a specific customer group, offer and next decision. For a European technology provider considering the US, begin with the segment you want to learn about and the customer problem your product may address.

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Let’s make it work

What do you want to make happen?

A clearer offer. A new customer or market. A working implementation. Ongoing product and delivery support for the next stage. Tell us where you are and what needs to move forward.

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